1. The Cage (Original Pilot) (1988)
"The Cage" is the first pilot episode of the Star Trek: The Original Series science fiction series. It was completed in early 1965, but not broadcast on television in its complete form until late 1988. The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and directed by Robert Butler. It was rejected by NBC in February 1965, and the network ordered another pilot episode, which became "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Much original footage from "The Cage" was later incorporated into the first season two-parter, "The Menagerie".
Release date: 1988-10-15
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Episode number: 1
Runtime: 64 minutes
Director: Robert Butler
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
Guest stars
Malachi Throne
as The Keeper (voice) (uncredited)
Majel Barrett
as Number One
Jeffrey Hunter
as Captain Christopher Pike
Susan Oliver
as Vina
Leonard Nimoy
as Mr. Spock
John Hoyt
as Dr. Phillip Boyce
Laurel Goodwin
as Yeoman J.M. Colt
Sandra Lee Gimpel
as Talosian (uncredited)
Clegg Hoyt
as Transporter Chief Pitcairn (uncredited)
Anthony Jochim
as Third Survivor (uncredited)
Jon Lormer
as Dr. Theodore Haskins (uncredited)
Edward Madden
as Enterprise Geologist (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
as Earth Trader (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
as Second Survivor (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Survivor (uncredited)
Robert Phillips
as Space Officer (Orion) (uncredited)
Adam Roarke
as C.P.O. Garrison (uncredited)
Felix Silla
as Talosian (uncredited)
Meg Wyllie
as The Keeper (uncredited)
Rest of guest stars - click here to expand
Peter Duryea - Lt. José Tyler, John Burnside - Bridge Crewmember (uncredited), Carol Daniels - Bridge Crewmember (uncredited), Michael Dugan - The Kalar Warrior (uncredited), Joe Evans - Survivor (uncredited), Bob Johnson - First Talosian (voice) (uncredited), William McCarter - Survivor (uncredited), Janos Prohaska - Anthropoid Ape / Humanoid Bird (uncredited), Serena Sande - Second Talosian (uncredited), Rube Schaffer - Survivor (uncredited), Georgia Schmidt - First Talosian (uncredited)